R-Evolution (Cochrane)
{{Short description|2015 sculpture by Marco Cochrane}}
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R-Evolution is the third and final sculpture in Marco Cochrane's series, The Bliss Project. The work debuted at Burning Man in 2015, and was installed in Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco in April of 2025.https://sfrecpark.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2146
Description and history
The {{convert|47|ft|adj=on}} tall, {{convert|32000|lb|adj=on}} R-Evolution sculpture is standing in a tadasana pose. In December 2016, activists applied for a permit to display R-Evolution on the National Mall starting in November 2017 for the "Catharsis on the Mall" event,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-45-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman-could-be-coming-to-the-mall-for-four-months/2017/10/03/b4061f38-a7b2-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html |title=This 45-foot statue of a naked woman could be coming to the Mall for four months |author=Stein, Perry |date=3 October 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=21 February 2018 |archive-date=22 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044211/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-45-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman-could-be-coming-to-the-mall-for-four-months/2017/10/03/b4061f38-a7b2-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html |url-status=live }} but the permit was denied over fears the turf would be damaged. Although the sculpture was too tall for temporary installations on the Mall, a height variance was issued and later revoked.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/park-service-denies-permit-for-a-45-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman-on-the-mall/2017/10/26/ee849704-b9cb-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html |title=Park Service denies permit for a 45-foot statue of a naked woman on the Mall |author=Stein, Perry |date=26 October 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=21 February 2018 |archive-date=22 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044659/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/park-service-denies-permit-for-a-45-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman-on-the-mall/2017/10/26/ee849704-b9cb-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html |url-status=live }} Undaunted, the group instead applied to exhibit a {{convert|26|ft|adj=on}}-tall composite photograph of 27 naked women holding the same pose, which a spokeswoman called "a healing image and it's about making women feel safe in their environments."{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/activists-behind-a-rejected-45-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman-in-dc-have-a-new-plan-a-26-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman/2017/11/03/0d846b70-c0ac-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html |title=Activists behind a rejected 45-foot statue of a naked woman in D.C. have a new plan: A 26-foot digital artwork of a naked woman. |author=Stein, Perry |date=3 November 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=21 February 2018 |archive-date=22 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044231/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/activists-behind-a-rejected-45-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman-in-dc-have-a-new-plan-a-26-foot-statue-of-a-naked-woman/2017/11/03/0d846b70-c0ac-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html |url-status=live }}
See also
{{Portal|Visual arts}}
- 2015 in art
- Truth is Beauty (2013)
References
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External links
- {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/nude-sculpture-national-mall.html |title=Nude Sculpture Four Stories Tall Planned for National Mall |author=Caron, Christina |date=2 October 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times}}